It’s a case of woof justice
POLICE are on the hunt for the owner of a mysterious dog which chewed a vital fibre optic cable to pieces at a courthouse.
Communications between the building and a nearby Justice Court building were lost, and it cost taxpayers thousands of dollars to have the link repaired.
Sheriff Tim Wroten says he has a suspect in mind but so far lacks evidence to hold up any charges in Liberty, Mississippi. tortoise who fled from a Tennessee home has been returned after 74 days. Soloman was found after only making it less than a mile during his bid for freedom. Elsewhere, Canada’s Chad Sasko and Taylor Field have launched a men’s bathing suit company called Brokinis. And flyers left behind nearly $1million in change at US airport security checkpoints last year.
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OFFICIALS have rejected plans for a solar farm amid worries from residents it would “suck up all the energy from the Sun”.
Three farms have already been approved in Woodland, North Carolina, but the locals are seemingly not impressed.
Objecting, Bobby Mann said: “You’re killing your town. The young people will move out.”
The council sided with residents and plans for the farm were overturned.
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WHILE Donald Trump has repeatedly refused to wear a face mask during the pandemic, his Madame Tussauds wax figure in New York will greet visitors wearing one.
The Manhattan museum reopened for business on Friday and wanted a figure to remind guests of the city’s mask mandate.
“We felt he was the perfect fit to remind our guests to take those selfies safely masked,” Madame Tussauds Matthew Clarkson said.
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POLICE attending an accident in North Carolina were hit by a Tesla driver who was watching a movie at the time.
Devainder Goli, right, of Raleigh was behind the wheel using the car’s autopilot feature when the vehicle slammed into a Nash County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s vehicle. He is accused of violating the move-over law and watching
TV while operating a vehicle.
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AFTER months of not working, my barman Richard is preparing to head back to the pub.
He said: “My hands have been consuming more alcohol than my mouth, but that’s about to be put right.”